Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania

@misscellania.bsky.social

I blog for a living, at Neatorama and at my personal site, Miss Cellania.

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One of the Allies’ Secret Weapons Against the Nazis Was a 21-Year-Old Woman Armed With a Microphone and a Script of Lies As “Vicky With Three Kisses,” she strategically sweet-talked and sang to German troops over the airwaves of Europe. But Agnes Bernauer didn’t mean anything she was saying

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MAGA: "The halftime show should have been in English so we could understand it.”

ME: "Oh, honey . . . your Bible is in English, and you show no signs of understanding that."

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All he had to do was let hungry people eat, or let Americans afford health insurance, and we wouldn't all be talking about Jeffrey Epstein today.

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All he had to do was let hungry people eat, or let Americans afford health insurance, and we wouldn't all be talking about Jeffrey Epstein today.

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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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It's a never ending battle. It shouldn't be. #activism

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Eels believe that some things should be kept private.

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If this operation has been in the works for 18 months, you have to wonder what they've been working on for 17 months, for 16 months, 15 months...

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A Time-lapse of Antarctica's Midnight Sun We are nearing the winter solstice, so anyone below the 66.5 south latitude line (the Antarctic Circle) is experiencing continuous sunlight....

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Creative Labeling (via Bits and Pieces)Send messages to radiofox@gmail.com
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Designating a New Legendary Artifact Elle Cordova is a musician and comedian who specializes in one-woman sketches in which she personifies different objects. In the past, we've seen her conversation among different fonts. Most recently, she brings together the Holy Grail, Excalibur, and the…
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New Flavors of Crisps The satirical BBC show That's Life! ran from 1973-1994. In this clip, they used footage from some man-on-the -streets potato chip tasting to introduce new flavors. These are the priceless clips that the chip company did not use in their promotional…
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A Moving Car Ad about Be a Parent Hoyte van Hoytema, the cinematographer behind Her, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Oppenheimer, brings to us this long-form narrative commercial for Volvo's XC90 SUV. The point is, of course, to sell us cars. The hook for the ad is buried deep into the soul…
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Miss Cellania's Links How a Team of Gophers Restored Mount St. Helens After Its Catastrophic Eruption With Less Than a Day of Digging. I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life. Memento Movi, A Cinematic…
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Fingers (via Fark) Send messages to radiofox@gmail.com
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Your Own Pet Tardigrade Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are microscopic animals that are pretty much indestructible. They can survive almost any hardship condition, including dehydration. When they lack water, they go dormant, for years if necessary, then rehydrate and…
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Coming Home Drones returning to their cradles/cases after a show byu/rco888 inoddlysatisfying(via Everlasting Blort) Send messages to radiofox@gmail.com
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Weiners Pulled (via Bad Newspaper) Send messages to radiofox@gmail.com
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How an Ig Nobel Prize Can Change a Scientist's Life A levitating frog, a necrophiliac duck, taxi drivers’ brains — the Ig Nobel prizes have shined a spotlight on offbeat work Here’s an inside look at how winners feel about this sometimes unwanted ‘honour’ https://t.co/hryjpzYygE— nature (@Nature) November…
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Miami Vice Guest Stars Miami Vice was the hottest show on TV from 1984 to 1989. The show focused on two very stylish police officers fighting the war on drugs in the Art Deco neon glow of southern Florida. There were plenty of established stars in the "drug dealer of the week"…
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An Irate Letter from a Chimpanzee to a Scientist To understand the context of this Letters Live performance, you need to know the cast of characters. Dr. Serge Voronoff transplanted glands from monkey testicles into human men in the 1920s, in order to "rejuvenate" them and extend their lives. Dr.…
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Employee of the Month The joke would be that this guy is self-employed, but it turns out that the shop is owned by two brothers, and this is their dad. (via reddit) Send messages to radiofox@gmail.com
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Luna Loves Kallie When Luna was adopted from the shelter, she was delighted to join a family with several kids. But the greatest thing she found was the infant Kallie. Luna is a good cat. She's on TikTok. Send messages to radiofox@gmail.com
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The Restaurant That Lets You Send a Letter to Your Future Self for my last lunch in paris i went to a bistro where, at the end of your meal, they bring you card and a fountain pen to write yourself a letter which they will send in a year’s time 🤎 pic.twitter.com/h4hsahQuby— kitty 🤎 (@pastryangel) November 20, 2024 X…
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Laboratory Accidents That Led to Unexpected Inventions Imagine you are a chemist, working hard to find a synthetic replacement for shellac. You mix some chemicals together and get a blob of gunk that's not liquid enough for your purpose. But instead of throwing it out, you find you've invented plastic. That…
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Squid Game (via Slow Robot)Send messages to radiofox@gmail.com
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An Honest Trailer for Megalopolis The science fiction drama Megalopolis was supposed to be Francis Ford Coppola's magnum opus. Coppola wrote, directed, and produced the movie using his own funds, to bring to life an idea he had been nursing since 1977. The plot is supposed to be an…
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